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MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) obligated $105.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 254 contract actions (−61% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC. ($15.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$105.2M
Actions
254
New awards: 53
Sole-source
13%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 88MFY2017
  2. 153.5MFY2018
  3. 287.9MFY2019
  4. 253.6MFY2020
  5. 219MFY2021
  6. 221.2MFY2022
  7. 214.9MFY2023
  8. 171.8MFY2024
  9. 271.9MFY2025
  10. 105.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$15.2M14%
  2. RAYTHEON COMPANY$7.3M7.0%
  3. MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION$5M4.8%
  4. CORVID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$4.6M4.4%
  5. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER LABORATORY FOR LASER ENERGETICS$4.3M4.1%
  6. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.$4.2M4.0%
  7. EXO-ATMOSPHERIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC$3.5M3.3%
  8. IERUS TECHNOLOGIES INC$3.5M3.3%
  9. SPACEPORT AUTHORITY INC$3M2.8%
  10. OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$2.5M2.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$105.2M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alabama$29.5M28%
  2. California$18.2M17%
  3. Massachusetts$8.5M8.1%
  4. New York$6.7M6.3%
  5. North Carolina$6.6M6.3%
  6. Virginia$5.2M5.0%
  7. New Mexico$5M4.8%
  8. Colorado$5M4.7%
  9. Ohio$4.1M3.9%
  10. Wisconsin$3.5M3.3%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition81%
    US 39% · $85.5M
  • Sole-source awards13%
    US 30% · $13.5M
  • Single-offer competitions68%
    US 8.7% · $72.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.1% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. R&D CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE LAB (CAPL)$56.1M
    MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Sep 17, 2020 – May 14, 2026· HQ086020C0006
  2. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOR KILL VEHICLE HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP (KV HWIL)$34.9M
    GRAY ANALYTICS, INC.· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Sep 20, 2022 – May 21, 2026· HQ086022F0016
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - PULSED LASER LETHALITY STUDIES (PLLS)$31.4M
    UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER LABORATORY FOR LASER ENERGETICS· Monroe County, NY· Research & development· May 31, 2023 – Jun 1, 2026· HQ086023C6000
  4. SBIR PHASE III$26.3M
    VALT ENTERPRIZES, INC.· Aroostook County, ME· Research & development· Sep 11, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· HQ086024C7303
  5. SBIR PH III R&D THERMALLY INSENSITIVE, RADIATION HARDENED TELESCOPE$21.5M
    WYZKYDS CONSULTING LLC· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 7, 2023 – Dec 9, 2025· HQ086023C7200
  6. DIGITAL ENGINEERING DRIVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENHANCED MODELING AND SIMULATION (DEDAIM)$13M
    MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jan 22, 2026 – May 28, 2026· HQ086026FE001
  7. SENSOR TRACKING RANGING AND TARGET ACQUISITION (STRATA)$12.9M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 30, 2025 – Jun 9, 2026· HQ086025FE003
  8. R&D, ODC, & TRAVEL - DEDAIM$11.9M
    MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Aug 21, 2024 – Dec 5, 2025· HQ086024F0005

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.